Ariel Rokem
Department of Psychology
eScience Institute
Follow along at:
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Human Connectome Project (HCP), N = 1,200
Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD),
N = 10,000
Healthy Brain Network (HBN), N = 10,000
UK Biobank, N = 500,000
Lifespan development
Brain aging and dementia
Alzheimer's subtypes
Anxiety and depression in teenagers
Amish Connectome (mental illness)
Low vision and blindness
New data sets will enable important new discoveries
Data aggregation and integration
Machine learning and data mining
Data visualization and communication
Insights into the brain basis of complex behaviors
Personalized medicine
Brain connections develop and mature with age
Individual differences account for differences in behaviour
Adapt and change with learning
Brain network health is important for mental health
The 3D structure of each brain is unique
The tracts are the coordinate frame for quantitative analysis
The tracts are the coordinate frame for quantitative analysis
The tracts are the coordinate frame for quantitative analysis
The tracts are the coordinate frame for quantitative analysis
The tracts are the coordinate frame for quantitative analysis
The tracts are the coordinate frame for quantitative analysis
The tracts are the coordinate frame for quantitative analysis
Neurodegenerative disease
Affects motor neurons
Etiology varies widely
Patient/Control?
Classification accuracy of 93% (+/- 2%)
AUC of 0.978 (+/- 0.01)
Free and open source
High-level interpreted language